Inform gazelle of a known import

[nikunjy]

What version of gazelle are you using?

 http_archive(
        name = "bazel_gazelle",
        sha256 = "bfd86b3cbe855d6c16c6fce60d76bd51f5c8dbc9cfcaef7a2bb5c1aafd0710e8",
        urls = [
            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.21.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.21.0.tar.gz",
            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/releases/download/v0.21.0/bazel-gazelle-v0.21.0.tar.gz",
        ],
    )

What version of rules_go are you using?

    http_archive(
        name = "io_bazel_rules_go",
        sha256 = "87f0fb9747854cb76a0a82430adccb6269f7d394237104a4523b51061c469171",
        urls = [
            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.23.1/rules_go-v0.23.1.tar.gz",
            "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/releases/download/v0.23.1/rules_go-v0.23.1.tar.gz",
        ],
    )

What version of Bazel are you using?

Build label: 3.1.0-homebrew

Does this issue reproduce with the latest releases of all the above?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using?

MacOS

What did you do?

I want to import this file https://github.com/brexhq/protobuf-elixir/blob/brex-head/src/brex_elixirpb.proto
This repo is not using bazel but I want to import the proto in a DIFFERENT repository which is using Bazel.

I imported it using new_git_repository with a build_file that looks like this

new_git_repository(
    name = "protobuf_elixir",
    remote = "https://github.com/brexhq/protobuf-elixir",
    commit = "50b5d4677da94348ce4b3bad5c82fe18d08c0fc8",
    shallow_since = "2020-05-05",
    build_file = "@//:proto.BUILD",
)

contents of proto.BUILD

proto_library(
    name = "brex_elixirpb_proto",
    srcs = [
        "src/brex_elixirpb.proto",
    ],
    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
    deps = [
        "@com_google_protobuf//:descriptor_proto",
    ],
    strip_import_prefix = "src",
    import_prefix = "protobuf_elixir",
)

Now I can import that file in my other repository using import protobuf_elixir/brex_elixirpb.proto

I can manually write the BUILD.bazel to depend on that proto_target and it works.

What did you expect to see?

I want to inform gazelle to understand that import protobuf_elixir/brex_elixirpb.proto means add a dep of "@protobuf_elixir//:brex_elixirpb_proto"

I have looked at the knownImports and I don't know if that is the thing that I should extend using a flag or something else

What did you see instead?

Gazelle added a dep of "//protobuf_elixir:protobuf_elixir_proto" instead

[jayconrod]

Could you try adding this directive to the root build file in your repository? It should do what you want:

# gazelle:resolve proto protobuf_elixir/brex_elixirpb.proto @protobuf_elixir//:brex_elixirpb_proto

Directives is the reference on this and all other directives.

[nikunjy]

Thank you so much @jayconrod that works like a charm. I should have looked there.